文|季益光美国诗人朗费罗在他的《人生赞歌》中说，过着有意义生活的人对人类社会做出了贡献，留下了一些足迹，供后人效仿。

人类文明经历了几千年的历史。在漫漫的历史长河中涌现出无数的英雄豪杰、志士仁人。

他们有的是著名的政治家，有的是著名的思想家、哲学家、文学家、科学家以及各界知名人士。这些名人名言反映了各自民族优秀的文化传统、高尚的道德情操、深刻的人生哲理和丰富的生活经验。它们像阳光；照亮了人们的心扉；像灯塔，指引人生的航程；像春风，吹的百花盛开；像雨露，滋润万物生长；像烈火，可以锤炼我们的意志；像清泉，可以净化我们的心灵。世世代代，为人们所喜爱，所传颂。

人们从中汲取了丰富的精神营养，获得了信心、勇气、智慧和力量。万物需要雨露阳光，作为万物之灵的人类，除了一般的物质需求之外，精神粮食应是不可缺少的东西，而名句格言就是一种浓缩着各种精神营养的宝贵食粮。

几千年璀璨的人类文化，宛如浩瀚的大海，无际的苍穹。精选一些寓意深刻，格调高雅，语言优美的名言，让它们成为我们理想的生活指南，帮助我们理解人生的真谛，掌握自己的命运。让它们成为提高我们素质修养的指针，陶怡我们的情怀，美化我们的心灵，开阔我们的眼界，启迪我们的智慧。同时将语言学习和文学欣赏有机地结合起来。

在这些语言中的精华中，我们不仅可以欣赏到色彩缤纷、珠团锦簇的美好思想，感受到语言所能具有的磅礴气势和感人肺腑的力量，还可以领略其中深刻的哲理、丰富的想象、精巧的构思及新颖的表达方式。

作为英语学习者，当你在演讲辩论中为一时的语塞惶恐不安时，当你为老师布置的英语作文抓耳挠腮时，如果掌握了一定量的英语名人名言，将会对你的演讲和写作助一臂之力。值得一提的是希望你带着批判的眼光来阅读和欣赏这些思想。

1.There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. - Addison（教育显然有两种：一种是教人怎样谋生，另一种是教人怎样生活。- 阿狄生）

2.We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. – Adenauer（我们生活在同一个天空下，但是，我们并不都有同样的地平线。- 阿登纳）

3.The only worthwhile achievements are those which are socially useful. – Adler （人的成就只有对社会有用才是有价值的。- 阿德勒）

4.It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. – Aeschylus （不是誓言使我们相信人，而是人使我们相信其誓言。- 艾斯奇勒斯）

5.Take not comfort, but courage, from another’s distress, and be sure, whatever your misery, that there are some whose lot you would not exchange with your own. – Aesop （不要从别人的不幸中寻求安慰；千万要记住，不管你怎样不幸，还有些人的命运比你更糟。- 伊索）

6.If you study nature in books, when you go out of doors you cannot find her. – Agassiz （如果你在书本上学习自然，那么当你走出户外，就找不到她了。- 阿加西）

7.To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. – Alcott （不知道自己的无知是无知者的通病。- 奥尔科特）

8.Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. – Alcott （人生就是我的大学，但愿能以优异成绩毕业，而且得到某种荣誉。- 阿尔考特）

9.The man who has no imagination has no wings. – Ali （没有想象的人不长翅膀。- 阿里）

10.It is lack of order which makes us slaves; the confusion of today discounts the freedom of tomorrow. – Ameil （正是缺乏秩序才使我们成为奴隶，今天的混乱将使明天的自由大打折扣。- 爱美尔）

11.To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy. – Andersen （做有益于人的事最快乐。- 安徒生）

12.A man needs a purpose for real health. – Anderson （一个人需要一个目的才能真正健康。- 安德森）

13.Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. – Andrew （考虑时不要匆忙，可是一旦行动的时刻到来，就应该停止思考而投身行动。- 安德鲁）

14.The object of art is to give life a shape. –Anouilh （艺术的目的是赋予生活一种形态。- 阿努伊）

15.Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth. – Archimedes （给我一个支点，我就能撬动地球。- 阿基米德）

16.Natural ability without education is like a tree without fruit. – Aristonppus （未受教育的天才犹如不结果的树。- 亚里斯提卜）

17.Seeking after knowledge is human nature. – Aristotle （求知是人的本性。- 亚里士多德）

18.Culture is “to know the best that has been said and thought in the world”. – Arnold （文化就是“了解世界上人们说过的最好的话和有过的最好的思想”。- 阿诺德）

19.Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for. – Arnold （和一切有价值的东西一样，正真的知识来之不易，一定要下功夫研究，要思考。- 阿诺德）

20.There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. - Ascham （在刺激智力发展和鼓励学习的愿望方面，没有比嘉奖更为有效的办法。- 阿斯卡姆）

21.The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing. – Astor （生活中主要的危险来自想要改变一切或一切也不想改变的人。-阿斯特）

22.The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. - Augustine （世界是一本书，没有旅行过的人只读了一页。- 奥古斯丁）

23.To hide a fault with a lie is to replace a blot by a hole. – Aurelius （用谎言掩盖错误，等于挖一个洞以除掉污渍。- 奥雷利厄斯）

24.Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humanity. – Austen （谦卑的外表是最容易使人上当的。- 奥斯丁）

25.Friendship multiplies happiness and reduces misery by halves. – Bacon （友谊使欢乐倍增，使痛苦减半。- 培根）

26.One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Bagehot （人性所感到的最大的痛苦之一是接受一种新思想所产生的痛苦。- 巴杰特）

27.He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest and acts the best. - Balley （思想开阔，情操高尚，行为优美的人，是生活过得最好的人。- 贝利）

28.The urge for destruction is also a creative urge. – Bakunin （破坏的动力也是一种创造的动力。- 巴枯宁）

29.Time is the property of mankind – the whole property, as it is the property of a state, because any property is the result of the combination of time and actions. – Balzac （时间是人类的财富 – 是人类的全部财富， 正如时间是一个国家的财富一样，因为任何财富都是时间与行动结合之后的产物。- 巴尔扎克）

30.Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes. – Barrie （最重要的东西是勇气，一旦丧失了勇气，也就丧失了一切。- 巴里）

31.A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. – Barrymore （直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。- 巴里莫尔）

32.There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure. – Baruch （没有什么不治之症，只有人类尚未发现其疗法的病症。- 巴鲁克）

33.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. - Bayly （久别情更浓。- 贝利）

34.From labor, health; from health, contentment springs. - Beattie （劳动使人健康，健康使人欢畅。- 贝蒂）

35.Calamity is man’s true touchstone. - Beaumont （患难是人的正真试金石。- 博蒙特）

36.We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more and more like ourselves. - Becker （随着年龄的增长，我们并不变好也不变坏，而是变得更像我们自己。- 贝克）

37.Habit is a great deadener. – Beckett （习惯是一种巨大的阻碍力量。- 贝克特）

38.A man’s happiness depends primarily upon his disposition. – Beecher （人的幸福主要取决于他的品性。- 比彻）

39.Humor must have its background of seriousness. – Beerbohm （幽默必须以严肃为背景。- 比尔博姆）

40.The days when we do not learn something useful are wasted for nothing. Nothing men possess is more precious and valuable than time. Therefore never delay what should be done today until tomorrow. - Beethoven （我们无所事事的日子，都是被白白浪费掉的。人拥有的东西没有比光阴更贵重，更有价值了。所以千万不要把你今天应该做的事拖延到明天去做。-贝多芬）

41.Fine clothes, rich furniture, jewels and plate are inviting than beauty unadorned. - Behn （华丽的衣裳、阔绰的家具、首饰和银币，比朴素的美更具诱惑力。-贝恩）

42.The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. - Belloy （见到外国人越多，我对家乡越是热爱。-贝卢瓦）

43.Let us never, never doubt what nobody is sure about! -Belloc （让我们决不要怀疑谁也不相信的事。-贝洛克）

44.Everyone thinks that having talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent. -Benavente （人人认为有才华是幸运的事；没有人认为幸运可能是有才华的事。-贝纳文特）

45.When a thing is thoroughly well done it often has the air of being a miracle. - Bennette （从头到尾都干得漂亮的事，看上去常有的儿像奇迹。-本涅特）

46.Interests are anchors, and I believe they will bring peace and even happiness in the end. - Benson （利益是锚，我相信它最终会带来和平，甚至幸福。-本森）

47.The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. - Bentham （最大多数人的最大幸福是道德和法律的基础。-本瑟姆）

48.No man is demolished but by himself. - Bentley （人都是被自己毁掉的。-本特利）

49.I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. -Berenson （我真希望我能站在一个繁忙的街角，恭敬地请求人们把浪费的时间扔给我。-贝伦逊）

50.Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. -Bergson （像一个实践家那样去思考，像一个思想家那样去行动。-贝格松）

51.It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. -Berkeley （对朋友虚伪的人，对国家也不可能忠诚。-伯克利）

52.Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it. -Berlin （百分之十是你创造生活，而百分之九十是你如何生活。-柏灵）

53.The full area of ignorance is not mapped: we are at present only exploring its fringes. -Bernal （无知的全部疆域并没有确定：目前我们只是在探索其边缘。-伯纳尔）

54.We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance. -Bernard （我们像是站在巨人肩上的矮子，因此我们能比巨人看得更多、更远。-贝而纳）

55.Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. -Bernhardt （生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。-伯恩哈特）

56.The function of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arouse the sleepers, to shake the complacent pillars of the world. He reminds the world of its dark ancestry, shows the world its present, and points the way to its new birth. -Bethune （艺术家的作用是打破平静。他的责任是去唤醒那些酣睡的人们，摇撼那些安于现状的社会栋梁。他使世界想起了过去的黑暗，为世界显示当前的现实，指出它新生的道路。-白求恩）

57.But if I’m content with a little, enough is as good as a feast. -Bickerstaffe （如果一点就感到满足，足够就会被看着丰盛。-比克斯塔夫）

58.Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. -Billings （友谊像陶器，破了还可以补好；爱情像镜子，一旦破裂就难以重圆。-比林斯）

59.When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of putting it into practice. -Bismarck （当一个人说他原则上赞成某事时，那就是说他根本无意把那件事付诸实施。-俾斯麦）

60.As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold night and chilling showers to ripen it so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. -Black （水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉爽的夜晚和寒冷的雨水才能使其成熟；人的性格的陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。-布莱克）

61.It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. -Blackstone （宁可让十个有罪的人逃脱，也不要让一个无辜的人受折磨。-布莱克斯通）

62.A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. -Black （一个傻瓜眼里的树木绝不会和一个聪明人眼里的树木完全相同。-布莱克）

63.Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out. -Blessington （天赋是埋藏在矿里的黄金；才能是挖掘矿藏的矿工。-布莱辛顿）

64.Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. -Blum （美德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出决定。-布吕姆）

65.Friendship is really the most sacred, which merits not only special worship but also eternal praise. It is the most virtuous mother of generosity and honor, the sister of gratefulness and benevolence and the deadly enemy of hate and lust; it is ready at every moment to sacrifice itself for others voluntarily without having to be requested. -Boccaccio （友谊真是一件最神圣的东西，不仅值得特别推崇，而且值得永远赞扬。它是慷慨和荣誉的最贤惠的母亲，是感激和仁慈的姐妹，是憎恨和贪婪的死敌；它时时刻刻都准备舍己为人，而且完全出于自愿，不用他人恳求。-薄伽丘）

66.In every adversity of fortune the most unhappy kind of misfortune is to have been happy. -Boethius （人在倒运时，最不愉快的不幸是曾经一直幸福。-伯修斯）

67.Those who talk much never say anything worth listening to. -Boileau （喋喋不休的人绝不会说出什么值得一听的话。-布瓦洛）

68.Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. -Bolingbroke （真理只存在某个小范围内，而谬误则无处不在。-博林布鲁克）

69.Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. -Bono （对不幸最好的解释是人们的才能和期望之间的差异。-博诺）

70.Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. -Bonhoeffer （行动并不来自思想，而是来自意愿承担责任。-邦赫费尔）

71.Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. -Boucicault （人们谈论消磨时间，与此同时，时间也不声不响地销蚀人们的生命。）-布西科

72.Experience isn’t interesting till it begins to repeat itself – in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience. -Bowen （经验直到自我重复时才变得有意义 – 事实上，直到那时才算得上经验。-鲍恩）

73.In a happy marriage, it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. -Brenan （幸福的婚姻在于妻子提供好气候，丈夫提供好风景。-布雷南）

74.Behind every argument is someone’s ignorance. -Brandeis （每一次争论背后都有某个人的无知。-布兰迪斯）

75.It’s the hardest thing in the world to accept a little success and leave it that way. -Brando （世界上最难的事是获得一点点成功而就此为止。-布兰多）

76.Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. It you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently. -Braun （科学没有一个道德尺度。它像一把刀，如果你把它交给外科医生或杀人凶手，各人的用法就不同了。-布劳恩）

77.There is no defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea. -Bridgman （除了愚蠢，对新思想的冲击无法防御。-布里其曼）

78.The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. -Brisbane （只有在字典里“成功”出现在“工作”之后。-布里斯班）

79.That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. -Bronowski （科学的本质是：提出一个不恰当的问题，于是你便走上了通往恰当答案的路。-布罗诺夫斯基）

80. It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. -Brooks （你正是在耐心地操劳生活小事中逐渐明白了整个生活的伟大意义和形式的。-布鲁克斯）

81.Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to slave. -Brougham （教育使一个国家的人民容易领导，但是难于驱使；容易治理，却不可能奴役。-布罗汉姆）

82.I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not agreeing with me in that, form which perhaps within a few days I should dissent myself. -Browne （我永远不能因为某一种意见分歧就和某人分道扬镳，也不能因为他的判断和我的不同就和他大动肝火；其实我的判断也是暂时的，说不定过几天我自己便会推翻。-布朗）

83.A minute’s success pays the failure of years. -Browning （突然间成功是以多年的失败为代价的。-布朗宁）

84.I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. -Buck （我从不等待兴趣的来临。如果你一味等待，就不能完成任何事情。你必须牢记只有认真去做才能有所成就。-赛珍珠）

85.Master books, but do not let then master you – Read to live not live to read. -Bulwer （要掌握书，莫被书掌握；要为生而读，莫为读而生。-布尔沃）

86.The bitter must come before the sweet; and that also make the sweet the sweeter. -Bunyan （先苦后甜，甜上加甜。-班杨）

87.Time cannot be added to a person’s life, but it can be made more valuable by avoiding waste. -Burbank （时间不能加进一个人的生命里，可是珍惜光阴却可以使生命变得更有价值。-伯班克）

88.If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. -Burke （如果我们能支配我们的财富，我们就会富裕而自由；如果财富支配了我们，我们就会真正的贫穷。-伯克）

89.The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him. -Burroughs （一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。-巴勒斯）

90.An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. -Butler （专家是对越来越少的东西知道得越来越多的人。-巴特勒）

91.There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth. -Butler （追求绝对真理是最大的错误根源。-勃特勒）

92.He who loves not his country, can love nothing. -Byron （不爱自己祖国的人，一无所爱。-拜伦）

93.The optimists proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. -Cabell （乐观主义者宣称我们生活在最美好的世界上；而悲观主义者则担心这是真的。-卡贝尔）

94. A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on. -Callaghan （真话未出门，谎言行万里。-卡拉汉）

95.Distance lends enchantment to the view. -Campbell （远看景色迷人。-坎贝尔）

96.I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. -Canning （我呼唤新世界的诞生，来矫正旧世界的不平衡。-坎宁）

97.You know what charm is: A way of getting the answer “Yes” without having asked any clear question. -Camus （你知道什么是魅力？那是一种不需要明白地提出问题而能得到肯定回答的方式。-加缪）

98.The art of dealing with one’s enemies is an art no less necessary than knowing how to appreciate one’s friends. -Capote （对付敌人的艺术与会欣赏朋友的艺术一样重要。-卡波特）

99.Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. -Carlyle （工作是医治人间一切疾病和厄运的万应良方。-卡莱尔）

100.An artist is anyone who glorifies his occupation. -Carman （任何为自己职业带来荣誉的人都是艺术家。-卡曼）

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